West Bengal

PM dedicates slew of infra projects to nation in West Bengal’s Haldia

8:51 pm February 7, 2021

Haldia: Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation several infrastructure projects in the oil and gas sector in this port town on Sunday, including the ambitious 348-km Dobhi-Durgapur natural gas pipeline built by government-owned GAIL. The prime minister said that apart from laying gas pipelines across the country under the Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga Project, focus is on […]

WB govt likely to reshuffle top police officers before assembly poll

10:44 pm February 5, 2021

Kolkata: With the assembly election round the corner, the West Bengal government is likely to name Soumen Mitra as the new commissioner of Kolkata Police, a state government official said on Friday. Mitra will replace Anuj Sharma who may be made the additional director general (ADG) of the state CID, he said. Siddhinath Gupta, presently […]

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Modi in Bengal, Assam on Sunday to inaugurate, lay foundations of development projects

8:31 pm February 5, 2021

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in West Bengal and Assam on Sunday for inaugurating and laying the foundation stone of several development projects and will also address public meetings on these occasions in the two poll-bound states. His office said on Friday that Modi will lay the foundation stone of two hospitals and launch ‘Asom Mala’, a programme for state […]

Mamata presents vote on account for Rs 2.99 lakh cr in House, oppn parties boycott speech

8:27 pm February 5, 2021

Kolkata: With state elections round the corner, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday presented a vote-on-account for Rs 2.99 lakh crore in the Assembly, and made a slew of announcements, including a hike in the annual aid of farmers. The estimates for the first few months of the newfiscal, starting April, would be […]

Sarbananda Sonowal takes charge as AYUSH minister

Pragmatic, people-friendly budget, says Assam CM

10:09 pm February 1, 2021

Guwahati: Welcoming the Union Budget 2021-22, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday described it as ”pragmatic, people-friendly and development-oriented”. He thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for making ”huge”allocations for improvement of road infrastructure and welfare of tea garden workers of the state. The chief minister said that […]